#5E4E1A#5E4E1A

#5E4E1A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.073 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E1A
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 26)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 72.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.78, 0.15, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.78, 32.14, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% -0.0023 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.073 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5273, 7.9035, 2.1061)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E1A #1A2A5E

analogous

#5E2C1A #5E4E1A #4C5E1A

triadic

#5E4E1A #1A5E4E #4E1A5E

tetradic

#5E4E1A #1A5E2C #1A2A5E #5E1A4C

square

#5E4E1A #1A5E2C #1A2A5E #5E1A4C

split-complementary

#5E4E1A #1A4C5E #2C1A5E

monochromatic

#181407 #2E260D #5E4E1A #8E7627 #BE9E35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#5E4E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#5E4E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E1A

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E1A	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.073 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7f59',
    500: '#5e4e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e1a;
$custom-light: #8e7f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42925,
    "c": 0.07258,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E1A

secondary

#405494

accent

#6CE048

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E1A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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